You will not be able to affiliate or renew your team with the SYFA presently as you need your league/association to register itself at Hampden.  As we indicated previously the Ersda committee was left with 2 major posts vacant and has had to rebuild. Volunteers are not easy to find! We have been trying to fill the Child Protection Officer post since the AGM.
We are currently making efforts to address this issue and may have the post filled in the next week or two.
As such we cannot register the league until we have our full complement of office bearers.

Ersda will not appear on the syfa registration website drop down menu of leagues/associations so your efforts to affiliate will stall currently. We will inform you when Ersda have filled the CPO post and completed SYFA affiliation.
Once you have posted your teams info onto the SYFA website you will then be asked to seek approval from your league/association before you can complete the process.
Ersda will make such approval at the Induction day (25th Feb) at Mearns Castle High School. We will collect all relevant documentation and fees and deliver them on your behalf to Hampden Park so you will be clear to play when the season begins. (Sat 3rd March TBC)

Thank you to all the teams and coaches who took the time out to attend the registration nights. Your applications are being processed and we hope to be in touch once we have completed building our new database.

Phase 2 of the process has been confirmed as Saturday 25th of February at Mearns Castle High School. 9.30 – 12.30. There will be an indoor and an outdoor session.
SYFA affiliation will be addressed on this day as well.

Your application to participate in Ersda will be denied unless you send a representative from your team to this event.
One Club official representing 5/8/10/12....etc teams is not acceptable.

Now the festivities have past we begin the countdown to the new season. Phase 1 begins next week with the registration of teams at Williamwood High school

Monday 16th Jan for 2005s and 2004s

Tuesday 17th Jan for 2003s and 2002s

Wednesday 18th Jan 2001s and 2000s

 

Kick off at 6.30.p.m. through till 8.30.p.m.  Please bring your completed registration form!

 

Phase 2 of the registration process will take place on the morning of Saturday 25th of February (time and venue to be confirmed). Please consider your commitments as each team registered will be expected to send a representative to this Induction event to complete the registration process. If your team is not represented at this event you will not be accepted into the league. If we register 120 teams next week we will expect 120 coaches/adults to attend the Induction. This is a prerequisite for entry into the league.

Pencil the date into your diary.

 

At the Executive meeting on 5th December it was ratified that Tommy Millar will stand in as Interim Secretary to assist us through the new registration system. The Association welcome Tommy into his new role and thank him for coming forward.

ERSDA now has a vital post sitting vacant. Without a Child Protection Officer we cannot register the league at Hampden. In Black and White, if we do not fill this post we will not have an Association.

If you can assist us in filling this post please contact the Association at secretary©ersda.co.uk .

The new form is now online in the documents section, or can be downloaded from the link below.
There is also a guide for filling in the form.

Please note the dates for registration in the post below.

Team Registration Form

Team Registration Guide

The AGM took place on Monday 21st November. Notice was given of the resignation of President Eammon Murphy and Secretary Tom Noble. The Association thanked both for their time and effort and wished them well.

The Association welcomed new President David White (Clarkston. A.A.C.) Vice President John Walls (Barrhead) and thanked existing members such as Treasurer Alan Hay (Giffnock SC) for volunteering to stay in post.

Crucial positions remain vacant Secretary and Child Protection Officer Both positions are critical to the successful operation of the League. If you have the time and inclination to volunteer please contact secretary©ersda.co.uk to register an interest and or find out more about the role(s) and responsibilities involved.


The A.G.M. voted in a number of Amendments to the Ersda Constitution. Most of the changes were minor and bring the Association into line with all the other leagues operating under the auspices of the SYFA.
It should be noted however that attendance at meetings will now become statutory with fines for those failing to attend and failure to have a team rep attending the preseason Induction event (Soccer 4s and Soccer 7s) will mean exclusion from the league.
Our aim is to have everyone singing from the same sheet and investing in the Association so that we are all aware of the direction we are heading and the ethos we want to install. The poor attendance at the AGM (25 out of a possible 171 teams) and the increase in issues across the venues have made this necessary.

Soccer 4s and Soccer 7s Season 2012

Please note the dates for Team registration Season 2012

2005 / 2004	Monday 16th January 2012	Williamwood High School	6.30 – 8.30
2003 / 2002	Tuesday 17th January 2012	Williamwood High School	6.30 – 8.30
2001 / 2000	Wednesday 18th January 2012	Williamwood High School	6.30 – 8.30

Bring your completed Application form and present to Ersda official on the relevant evening Applications will be posted on website after the Executive meeting on December 5th 2011. New clubs wishing to apply can register an interest but will not be allowed entry until vetting procedure and availability of facilities and capacity are established. .

There was a great deal of confusion regarding fixtures at two venues today Woodfarm and Pro Soccer

East Renfrewshire Council who inspect the pitches to decide if they are playable then contact our Website admin so that we can email any registered member.

 

The message that is on the ERC pitch inspection hot line is ALL grass pitches off All synthetics on.

The message relayed to our Site Admin was all pitches off, that was the message that was then put on the ERSDA home page and then sent to any registered member.

 

I would like to thank all players, coaches and parents who did brave the weather toaday at Woodfarm and Pro Soccer. It was amazing that we got as many games played as we did.

 

 Also a big thank you to Joanne venue coordinator at Pro Soccer and Niall at Woodfarm ensuring that teams who turned up today got games

 

Well done all today

 

Eamonn

All fixtures are now available to view in the fixtures and venues page.